Maggie Shaw shares a loving moment with her daughter, Peighton, now 2 ½. It was the eight-year experience of trying to adopt a child that led her to start Angels Appear, an adoption assistance local organization.

SUN PHOTOS BY PATTIE MIHALIK

Maggie Shaw, Englewood, at right, and Stacia Langston, North Port, display the Angels Appear banner at Pioneer Park, Englewood, where they were on hand to give information about adoption.

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The path to adopting a child is seldom easy and is often filled with false hopes, frustration and emotional pain.

Just ask Maggie Shaw.

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